10/23/2014 Kerala Mythology: Legend of Guruvayur Temple Kerala, the southernmost state of India is rich in myths and folklore. Interesting stories where gods, human beings, sorcerers, evil spirits lived together loving each other and fighting with each other are retold here Kerala Mythology Thursday, January 23, 2014 Legend of Guruvayur Temple There are many ancient temples in Kerala, but Guruvayur Krishna temple stands apart from all the rest with its many legends and myths. The deity itself is unique as it has been carved out from a special stone and it is believed to have done by Lord Vishnu himself. It is in his Majestic form or ‘Vishwarupa’. He presented it to Lord Shiva and n turn he presented it to Lord Brahma. King Manu and his were worshipping Lord Brahma on those days for a child. Being happy with their devotion, Lord Brahma gave the deity to them and asked to worship it with great devotion. They followed his instruction and Lord Vishnu appeared in front of them as he was pleased with their devotion. He told them that he will take birth as their son in their four births and he will bring the deity along with him in all these four births, so that they can continue their divine worship in four births. First he took birth as Prasnigurbha, who appeared in front of Druva and created the planet Druvaloka for Druva. He is also responsible for giving Brahmacharya or Celibacy to the world. In the next birth, King and Queen took birth as Kashyapa and Aditi. Lord took birth as their son Vaman. In the two successive births they came to earth as Dasharatha and Kausalya and Vasudeva and Devaki. In both the occasions, Lord took birth as their son, Sri Rama and Sri Krishna respectively. During his incarnation as Krishna he took the deity to Dwaraka and used to worship it along with his wife Rukmini and his devotee Uddhava. Days have passed and the time has come for Krishna for ascension to heaven. He asked Uddhava to handover the deity to Brihaspathy, the master of Devas (Demigods) to find out a suitable place and to install it. Unfortunately, Dwaraka has been swallowed by the great deluge before Uddhava can reach Brihaspathy. However, Brihaspathy came to know about the instruction of Krishna and he, with the help of his devotee Vayu, the god of wind located the floating deity and took it and started searching for an ideal place to keep it. In their journey they entered present day Kerala where they met Parasurama, who was on his efforts to bring the same deity to Kerala. He took both Brihaspathy and Vayu to a place which was blessed with greenery and there was a lotus pond too. They felt the presence of Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathy too there. Kerala Mythology 34 have me in circles View all Add to circles Google+ Followers ▼ 2014 (21) ► July (3) ► February (6) ▼ January (12) Legend of Kadampuzha Devi Temple Legend of Parassinikadavu Muthappan More Legends from Guruvayur Temple Legend of Guruvayur Temple Legend of Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple and Aranmu... Akavoor Chathan and the Legend of Ochira Temple Naranathu Branthan, The Philosopher in Disguise Surya Kalady, Another Master Tantrik From Kerala Vayaskara Chathurvedi Bhattathiri Pakkanar and the Legend behind Ivy Gourd Perumthachan, the great architect Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, Story of a Mother who ... ► 2013 (5) ► 2012 (2) Blog Archive 11,289 Total Pageviews PAZHOOR PADIPPURA.THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Almost all of us are eager to know the future and it is a common practice to visit some astrologers or sages to know about it. Kerala As... Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, Story of a Mother who gave birth to twelve children belonging to different casts. History says that the cast system was prevailing in India and it led to many social evils such as Popular Posts « اﻟﻣدوﻧﺔ اﻹﻟﻛﺗروﻧﯾﺔ اﻟﺗﺎﻟﯾﺔ اﻟﻣزﯾد3 إﻧﺷﺎء ﻣدوﻧﺔ إﻟﻛﺗروﻧﯾﺔ ﺗﺳﺟﯾل اﻟدﺧول